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<p>This menu item takes data from the clipboard and pastes it into the files 
pane, or the folders pane if it has the focus.&nbsp; If files or folders were
<a href="cut.htm">cut</a> in order to place them on the clipboard, then they are 
deleted at this time.&nbsp; <b>Explorer++</b> handles various types of data, and 
the pasting method, differently, according to the following table:</p>
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      <td width="76" bgcolor="#D3D3D3" align="center"><b>Clipboard data</b></td>
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      <p align="center"><b>Paste method</b></td>
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      <p align="center"><b>Result</b></td>
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      <td width="76" align="center">files/folders</td>
      <td width="184">paste into blank area of files pane</td>
      <td valign="top">files/folders pasted normally to location of the files 
      pane</td>
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      <td width="76" align="center">files/folders</td>
      <td width="184">paste into folders pane (using menu item, or toolbar 
      button)</td>
      <td valign="top">files/folders pasted into the folder having the focus in 
      the folders pane.&nbsp; New files/folders will, of course, appear in the 
      files pane (contents of focused folder).</td>
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      <td width="76" align="center">text</td>
      <td width="184">paste into dialog, or rename file operation</td>
      <td valign="top">text inserted, or overwrites text selection</td>
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      <td width="76" align="center">text</td>
      <td width="184">paste into blank area of files pane</td>
      <td valign="top">text pasted as new text file, automatic naming:<br>
      eg. Clipboard Text (10-20-2010, 6.44.01 PM).txt</td>
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      <td width="76" align="center">text</td>
      <td width="184">paste into folders pane (using menu item, or toolbar 
      button)</td>
      <td valign="top">text pasted as new text file (as above) into the folder 
      having the focus in the folders pane.&nbsp; New file will, of course, 
      appear in the files pane (contents of focused folder).</td>
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      <td width="76" align="center">bitmap<br>
      (image)</td>
      <td width="184">image data, copied from a paint program, for example is 
      pasted into blank area of files pane</td>
      <td valign="top">new image created, automatic naming:<br>
      eg. Clipboard Image (10-20-2010, 6.53.48 PM).bmp<br>
      New image always created as Windows bitmap, regardless of original image 
      type.</td>
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<p>See <a href="copy.htm">Copy</a> for a discussion of behavior when file names 
are duplicated.</p>
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